Re: Any colorful shade plants that last all summer?
Allright. Don't know. Will take to next Hort. Soc. meeting to be ID'd.
Ginny
Bobbi Diehl wrote:
> There is also a tricolored plant called Japanese Knotweed, if I am not
> mistaken. Red, white (or yellow), and green foliage. Polygonum is the
> latin name. This could be what Ginny is talking about.
>
> Bobbi Diehl Bloomington, IN zone 5/6
>
> On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Diane Whitehead wrote:
>
> > My goodness, Ginny, do you mean Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'? Yes,
> > colourful leaves, white flowers with a tall cone in the centre.
> > Bitter orange smell when you rip it out. And rip it out is what I
> > did. It was taking over in my dry garden. I shudder to think what it
> > would have done in the moist conditions it prefers. I know someone
> > who grows it in a pot at the edge of a concrete pool. Looks great,
> > and can't escape.
> >
> >
> > >Diane Whitehead will know the name of the thing I'm talking about. It is a
> > >red/green/yellow foliage. Survives well in Ontario zone 4 and grows like a
> > >weed here in Victoria. Japanese something I think. Will give good colour
> > >year round in your garden.
> > >Ginny in Victoria
> >
> >
